Follicular Thyroid Cancer With Nose-Tip Metastasis and 131I Uptake

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Oct;45(10):e441-e442. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003072.

Abstract

We present a 56-year-old woman with metastatic follicular thyroid cancer at the nose tip with I uptake that is clinically rare, mimicking physiological uptake in the nose, a common finding seen after routine I therapeutic imaging. The lesion revealed a metastatic follicular thyroid cancer with I uptake and response to I therapy. Surgical removal, however, was not performed due to cosmetic and functional considerations. Active surveillance is warranted owing to its relative aggressiveness in nature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / pathology*
  • Biological Transport
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / metabolism*
  • Middle Aged
  • Nose Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Nose Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Nose Neoplasms / secondary*

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Iodine-131

Supplementary concepts

  • Thyroid cancer, follicular